Rape charity’s data complaint to Tusla

The RCNI has repeatedly raised concerns about the state demanding access to data which could identify victimsELVA ETIENNE/GETTY IMAGES

The Rape Crisis Network Ireland has formally complained to a state agency and accused it of risking the identities of sexual crime victims being revealed by “excessive” demands for data.

Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show that the RCNI wrote to Tusla, the child and family agency, in October asking its data protection officer to examine a Tusla request for rape crisis centres to hand over certain information or risk losing their funding.

The RCNI has repeatedly raised concerns about the state demanding access to data that could identify victims. In October 2016, Tusla was forced on legal advice to delete a report from its website after RCNI raised concerns about the data it had used.

In the letter to Tusla’s data…

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